Worlds Coolest Virtual Earth 3D Viewer... So Far

VirtualEarth For anyone who was at the Show Off event at PDC 2008 this week you would have seen this. If you weren’t I would definitely check out this short video showing the best Virtual Earth Viewer I’ve ever seen.

VirtualEarthVidSomewhere in my past as a Major in the Corps of Engineers, I discovered a love maps and the technology that makes viewing the world more interesting and accessible. With the rise in GPS use in cars and around the world, this offers some very interesting ways to visualize the world. And that kind of enhancement is probably not too far off.

As the video progresses, I think about the first time I used a computer or some of the visualizations on Science fiction movies and TV. One might think that there's no way this can be made useful in a real-world scenario and then they figure out how to not only make it useful but required technology for any competing company.

 I'm listening to Pat Metheny's " Phase Dance " on Pandora.com.